Part I. Perfeft Farrier. 171 



thereof a fmall quantity of new Milk \ then work it 

 up, bake, and order it as the former ; and with this 

 Bread, having the Cruft firft cut away, clean Oats* 

 and fplit Beans, all mixed or feveral, feed your 

 Horfe at his ordinary Feeding-times, as you did in 

 the Fortnight before : Only you fhall obferve thefe 

 few Dire&ions following. 



Firft, you fhall keep your Heating-Days the firft 

 Week of this Fortnight •, but the fecond or laffc 

 Week you fhall forbear one heat, and, not give your 

 Horfe any, five Days before his Match, but inftcad 

 thereof long and ftrong Airings and Water-courfes, 

 to keep him in Wind. 



You need not in this Fortnight to give him any 

 Scouring at all : And if Morning and Evening you 

 burn Frankincenfe in the Stable, it is wholefome for 

 the Horfe, and he will delight therein. 



In this Fortnight, when you give him any wafh'd 

 Meat, wafh it not in Ale or Beer, but in the Whites 

 of Eggs or Muskadine, being morewholfome and 

 lefs purfey. This Fortnight give him no Hay, but 

 what he takes out of your Hand after his Heats, and 

 that but in little quantity and clean dulled. 



The laft Week of this Fortnight, if he be a foul 

 Feeder, you muft ufe the Muzzle continually : But 

 if he be a clean Feeder, and will touch no Litter, 

 then three Days before the Match is fufficient. 



On the Morning the Day before your Match,' 

 feed well before and after Watering and Airing ; 

 and water as at other times before Noon; and after 

 Noon diminifh his Portion of Meat a little. 



Before and after Evening Airing, feed as aft 

 Noon, and water as at other times ; but be lure to 

 come home before Sun-fet. 



This Evening you are to trim and flioe your 

 Horfe, taking care not to hinder his Feeding, nor 

 to interrupt his Reft : For I have heard Horfe-' 

 pen fay, that when they had fhod their Horfes 



